A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are t
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fat
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy
to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? O
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His ho
From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands.
Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swo